ENVIRONMENTAL IN TH E REAL WORLD ENG IN EERING STEM IN THE REAL WORLD STEM IN THE REAL WORLD STEM IN THE REAL WORLD STEM IN THE REAL WORLD by Angie Smibert Content Consultant Paige J Novak Professor Department of Civil Environmental and Geo Engineering University of Minnesota Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE NOT SAFE TO DRINK It was a warm day in September 2015 Environmental engineer Marc Edwards held two bottles of tap water The first was labeled Detroit The second said Flint Its water was brown and cloudy This water was flowing into the homes of Flint Michigan It was making people sick Edwards and his team announced what many people already suspected Flint had a serious lead problem Edwards shows the difference between water from Flint and water from Detroit 5
